JUNEAU, Alaska — British Columbia’s amendments to the Environmental Assessment Act (the Act) are now in force, formally excluding U.S.-based Tribes from recognition as participating Indigenous nations. These changes bar Indigenous Nations whose territories span the U.S.-Canada border from meaningful participation under the Act, including in project assessments with the potential to significantly impact their lands, waters, and rights. Building on concerns raised in February

BELLINGHAM, Wash. —Tribal nations based in Alaska and Washington have formally opposed the government of British Columbia’s newly proposed legislation that would categorically exclude U.S.-based Tribes from meaningful and deep government consultation related to the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA). Projects subject to the EAA have the potential to affect salmon populations, water quality, and sacred sites, resulting in significant harm to Indigenous ways of life, food secu

SEITC and member Tribes ask the Supreme Court of British Columbia to order meaningful consultation on mining projects in the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk River headwaters Red Chris Mine tailings dam, October 2025. Photo by Daniel Zatz. Courtesy of SEITC and Earth Alliance. Vancouver, BC — The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) has filed a judicial review in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, challenging the provincial government’s refusal to consult S

Skeena Gold + Silver's Eskay Creek among BC projects risking downstream waters and fish Victoria, BC — Nearly 30,000 messages were delivered to British Columbia (BC) lawmakers today, urging them to pause the permitting of massive mining developments in the headwaters of the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers until the impacted Tribes have been consulted . Messages were collected by Earthjustice and Re:wild worki ng with the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission